Does the Spiritual Values/Religion Subscale of the Self-Description Questionnaire III Function Differentially Across Heterosexual and Non-Heterosexual Young Adults? A Measurement Invariance Study.

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Tytuł:: Does the Spiritual Values/Religion Subscale of the Self-Description Questionnaire III Function Differentially Across Heterosexual and Non-Heterosexual Young Adults? A Measurement Invariance Study.
Autorzy:: Ong TQ; Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University , Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
Bandalos DL; Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University , Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
Swearer SM; Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Źródło:: Journal of homosexuality [J Homosex] 2020 Aug 23; Vol. 67 (10), pp. 1367-1385. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 02.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Publication: Philadelphia : Routledge
Original Publication: New York, Haworth Press.
MeSH Terms:: Psychological Tests*
Surveys and Questionnaires*
Heterosexuality/*psychology
Homosexuality/*psychology
Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Religion ; Religion and Sex ; Sexual and Gender Minorities ; Social Values ; Spiritualism ; Young Adult
Contributed Indexing:: Keywords: Religiosity; SDQ-III; heterosexual; measurement invariance; non-heterosexual; spiritual; young adults
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20190403 Date Completed: 20200825 Latest Revision: 20200825
Update Code:: 20240104
DOI:: 10.1080/00918369.2019.1591785
PMID:: 30938656
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We evaluated the dimensionality and measurement invariance of the Spiritual Values/Religion (SVR) subscale from the Self-Description Questionnaire III across heterosexual and non-heterosexual young adults. We found a one-factor model provided adequate fit to the data for each group, with the SVR items exhibiting configural, metric, and scalar invariance across the two groups. Given that we established measurement invariance, we examined the latent mean difference on the construct and found the heterosexual group reported significantly higher levels of spiritual value/religion than the non-heterosexual group. Our results provided empirical support for the theorized factor structure of the SVR items and the use of the SVR subscale across heterosexual and non-heterosexual young adults, making the scale a viable option for researchers studying religiosity in these specific subpopulations.

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